Rethinking Curriculum – Creating the Happiest, Healthiest Schools in the World

Well Schools is a movement of schools and trusts taking positive action to improve education outcomes by supporting the health and happiness of their staff and pupils. A Well School still has high expectations, but places just as much emphasis on health and wellbeing as it does on academic performance. It understands that children and […]

A Look Inside- Impact Special Edition: Safe and Effective Use of AI in Education

As part of the DfE-supported special edition of Impact on the safe and effective use of AI in education we’ll be holding a webinar panel discussion featuring authors from the issue. The issue demonstrates how AI tools are being used in schools and discusses the benefits, issues and uncertainties surrounding the rapid uptake of this technology […]

An Inside Look at Impact Issue 24: Adaptive Teaching and Inclusive Pedagogy

Join us for an inside look at our award-winning Impact publication, exploring Issue 24 (Summer 2025). This issue will focus on building the skills and knowledge to support adaptive teaching that will help all students to access learning. The issue will include discussions of how to foster inclusive learning environments, how to adopt adaptive classroom practices, how […]

‘Adolescence’ and how to address misogyny and toxic masculinity in schools

The TV series ‘Adolescence’ has received a lot of attention on and offline since it first became available to watch. It tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who brutally murders a female classmate and explores important issues including adolescents’ social media use, misogyny and gender stereotypes. Following announcements from the streaming service to make […]

Rethinking Curriculum – Electric Umbrella “No Such Thing as Normal”

Creativity and The Arts offer pathways to inclusion across the curriculum. We are delighted to share the work of Electric Umbrella with you and how this is supporting schools to be more inclusive in all they do. Electric Umbrella uses music and real life stories/experiences of its members to unite school communities and ignite vital […]

Coaching and AI: Don’t outsource the thinking

Instructional coaching is one of the best bets for professional development for teachers, as it has the biggest impact on pupil progress (Kraft, Blazar and Hogan, 2018). However, there are many barriers to implementing instructional coaching in schools, including time, resources and ensuring that coaches are well trained. This is where AI could really help. […]

DfE NPQ Roundtable with Patrick Carey

FELLOWS ONLY The Chartered College will be hosting an online roundtable on Monday 12th May, 4-5pm with DfE’s Patrick Carey, exploring the review of NPQs. The department announced the review of NPQs in January 2025 – National professional qualifications framework review – GOV.UK. NPQs are part of the department’s core professional development offer. Reformed in 2021 to […]

Rethinking Curriculum – The Power of Place – what happens when you put place at the centre of curriculum design – Operation Spitfire 4 Schools in Stoke-on-Trent

Are you interested in developing your primary curriculum? Hear from colleagues who have created ‘Operation Spitfire 4 Schools’. Rooted in place, this project focuses on history, engineering, science and careers, with a focus on Stoke-on-Trent’s role in the iconic Spitfire’s development. Students explore a creative, inclusive curriculum, meet fighter pilots, relatives of Spitfire pilots and […]

Rethinking Curriculum – The Superpower of Looking- How looking at Art can support Oracy and Visual Literacy in your curriculum development.

Are you interested in developing your primary curriculum in creative ways? Would you like to increase children’s ability to be curious and to develop critical thinking as a key skill for all children? Visual literacy is a fundamental competency that is essential to develop children’s aptitude for criticality and articulation of thoughts and ideas across […]

Ofsted Consultation Response Series- Workshop-Inclusion: What should be in the framework to ensure that inclusion is a central strand to all inspections?

To inform The Chartered College of Teachings’ Ofsted consultation response we would like to invite Secondary and HE practitioners to attend a focussed workshop event. This will be focussed on the question ‘What should be in the framework to ensure that inclusion is a central strand to all inspections?’ We are looking for current practitioners […]

Ofsted Consultation Response Series- Workshop-Inclusion: What should be in the framework to ensure that inclusion is a central strand to all inspections?

To inform The Chartered College of Teachings’ Ofsted consultation response we would like to invite Primary and Early Years practitioners to attend a focussed workshop event. This will be focussed on the question ‘What should be in the framework to ensure that inclusion is a central strand to all inspections?’ We are looking for current […]

Ofsted Consultation Response Series- Roundtable-Curriculum: What would empower schools to focus on their curriculum development work, no matter when their inspection is due and what should be in the framework to support schools in this work?

To inform The Chartered College of Teachings’ Ofsted consultation response we would like to invite Secondary and HE practitioners to attend a focussed roundtable event. This will be focussed on ‘What would empower schools to focus on their curriculum development work, no matter when their inspection is due and what should be in the framework […]

Online Roundtable- How to focus on, and improve, teacher impact in schools

In order to support the work of the Teaching Commission, we are running a series of roundtables. These will be an opportunity for Fellows and members to engage with topics discussed at the meetings of the Teaching Commission and to get their voices heard. Roundtables will typically take place a day before the official meeting […]

Online Roundtable- How can Ofsted and the inspection framework be developed to support teaching and learning? How do we ensure that ethical leadership is a focus for all school leadership teams?

In order to support the work of the Teaching Commission, we are running a series of roundtables. These will be an opportunity for Fellows and members to engage with topics discussed at the meetings of the Teaching Commission and to get their voices heard. Roundtables will typically take place a day before the official meeting […]